you call garnett over and say, this is what i need you to do, garnett is saying, whatever you nee nee need. andray blatche needs to listen. >> he's only 23 years old. the first word that comes to mind, a punk. he was acting like a punk. but here's this, according to blatche, this is all a big misunderstanding. blatche refused to accept total responsibility for the incident and had a much different version of the story than his coach. here blatche on the phone from indiana where the wizards play tonight. >> you know, with the treatment, i heard say something and sat down on the bench. i was frustrated. i didn't want -- you know, i didn't want to make things worse. i just sat down. i sat down for the rest of the game. i didn't come become in. >> what assistant coach is passing the story along that said you didn't want to play? >> i don't know. none of them come and talk to me. he said there were three coaches. i can honestly say none of them came and talked to me. >> he said you left your teammates down. that you let your teammates out to dry. did your teammates say anything to you abou

pierce had 29, garnett chipped in with 22. celts, 129-107. to toronto the raptors wearing green jerseys for the holiday. they had the luck of the irish on their side against the hawks. under ten seconds to play. chris bosh nailed a baseline jumper. the raptors led with two seconds left. hawks with the last chance. jamaal crawford for the win. air ball. raptors won a thriller, 106-105. >>> the baseball season hasn't even started, and we already have our first suspension of the year. the mariners chris lee. both benches cleared, no punches thrown. lee suspended the first five games of the regular season putting his debut with the mariners on hold. >>> finally the basketball tournaments started yesterday afternoon. mr. obama has kansas, kentucky, villanueva, and upstart state to the final for. who has it when it's all said and done? kansas. we should note last year he picked north carolina to win it all and the tar heels came through. now the pressure is on the jayhawks to follow suit. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred

also under arrest 22-year-old gary williams gibson, he lives on garnett court in manassas. police say they found gun, ammunition and drugs. both men are charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. >> the detectives of the violent crimes took over the investigation and worked through the night and by this morning arrested two men. >> reporter: the apartment complex is filled with children. neighbors say this violence is part of a lon simmering problem. >> i mean, it's not good. i'll tell you that one. they need to take it somewhere else, i think. i know it has to be people not from around here. >> reporter: the officers came from this prince william county substation established in an effort to fight crime in this apartment complex. in manassas, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> the battle over health care reform is not done yet, not by a long shot. republicans are still trying to find ways to block the plan. the plan would cover millions of americans who currently are uninsured over the next several years. individuals who do

he'd been described as a magic johnson with a jump shot and kevin garnett with a better handle of the ball and a better perimeter game. luke stuckmeyer of comcast sportsnet chicago shows us wilson's wizardry on the court. >> reporter: chicago may be a football town and baseball crazy in summertime, but at its core in the city basketball is a way of life. we're not just talking about the m.j. glory days. we're talking about the kids who built their games here like isiah thomas on the west side and more recently dwayne wade and derrick rose on the south side, but 25 years ago somebody else owned these courts in chicago, a skinny silky kid with a smile named benji. >> and center for the wolverines a junior, 6' 7, no. 25 ben wilson. >> if you haven't seen him, you're in for a treat, 20 a game. >> i would go and i want to be successful and i do what it takes to be successful and that is when i go home i study and do my work and go to class. >> kind of corny stuff. >> well, it works. >> reporter: everything seemed to work for benjamin wilson, but especially basketball. >> wilson two. >> rep

he'd been described as a magic johnson with a jump shot and kevin garnett with a better handle of theall and a better perimeter game. luke stuckmeyer of comcast sportsnet chicago shows us wilson's wizardry on the court. >> reporter: chicago may be a football town and baseball crazy in summertime, but at its core in the city basketball is a way of life. we're not just talking about the m.j. glory days. we're talking about the kids who built their games here like isiah thomas on the west side and more recently dwayne wade and derrick rose on the south side, but 25 years ago somebody else owned these courts in chicago, a skinny silky kid with a smile named benji. >> and center for the wolverines a junior, 6' 7, no. 25 ben wilson. >> if you haven't seen him, you're in for a treat, 20 a game. >> i would go and i want to be successful and i do what it takes to be successful and that is when i go home i study and do my work and go to class. >> kind of corny stuff. >> well, it works. >> reporter: everything seemed to work for benjamin wilson, but especially basketball. >> wilson two. >> repor

he'd been described as a magic johnson with a jump shot and kevin garnett with a better handle of the ball and a better perimeter game. luke stuckmeyer of comcast sportsnet chicago shows us wilson's wizardry on the court. >> reporter: chicago may be a football town and baseball crazy in summertime, but at its core in the city basketball is a way of life. we're not just talking about the m.j. glory days. we're talking about the kids who built their games here like isiah thomas on the west side and more recently dwayne wade and derrick rose on the south side, but 25 years ago somebody else owned these courts in chicago, a skinny silky kid with a smile named benji. >> and center for the wolverines a junior, 6' 7, no. 25 ben wilson. >> if you haven't seen him, you're in for a treat, 20 a game. >> i would go and i want to be successful and i do what it takes to be successful and that is when i go home i study and do my work and go to class. >> kind of corny stuff. >> well, it works. >> reporter: everything seemed to work for benjamin wilson, but especially basketball. >> wilson two. >> rep

he'd been described as a magic johnson with a jump shot and kevin garnett with a better handle of the ball and a better perimeter game. luke stuckmeyer of comcast sportsnet chicago shows us wilson's wizardry on the court. >> reporter: chicago may be a football town and baseball crazy in summertime, but at its core in the city basketball is a way of life. we're not just talking about the m.j. glory days. we're talking about the kids who built their games here like isiah thomas on the west side and more recently dwayne wade and derrick rose on the south side, but 25 years ago somebody else owned these courts in chicago, a skinny silky kid with a smile named benji. >> and center for the wolverines a junior, 6' 7, no. 25 ben wilson. >> if you haven't seen him, you're in for a treat, 20 a game. >> i would go and i want to be successful and i do what it takes to be successful and that is when i go home i study and do my work and go to class. >> kind of corny stuff. >> well, it works. >> reporter: everything seemed to work for benjamin wilson, but especially basketball. >> wilson two. >> rep

you something and you think you're above that because you played 16 games, good games, i had kevin garnettach, he never copped that type of attitude. that's ridiculous. i'm extremely -- i am disappointed. i'm the most disappointed i've ever been in 15 years with a player boykins i'm not out here to make my coach out like a bad person and it's all a big misunderstanding. i never said a word and i'm not going to be accountable for those words because i never said the words boykins this kind of stuff shouldn't be happening between how what is now ought star player for the washington wizards and you kind of got to fault both sides for engaging it in publically. reportedly this morning they had a meeting where flip saunders told the rest of the players that he didn't want to come back in the game talking about andray and let them down. then andray stepped up and said no that's true not. he starts tonight. what does that say? what kind of message is that sending the rest of the team when you're flip saunders trying to control this team and trying to get them back it winning ways? boykins it's cr

he'd been described as a magic johnson with a jump shot and kevin garnett with a better handle of theerimeter game. luke stuckmeyer of comcast sportsnet chicago shows us wilson's wizardry on the court. >> reporter: chicago may be a football town and baseball crazy in summertime, but at its core in the city basketball is a way of life. we're not just talking about the m.j. glory days. we're talking about the kids who built their games here like isiah thomas on the west side and more recently dwayne wade and derrick rose on the south side, but 25 years ago somebody else owned these courts in chicago, a skinny silky kid with a smile named benji. >> and center for the wolverines a junior, 6' 7, no. 25 ben wilson. >> if you haven't seen him, you're in for a treat, 20 a game. >> i would go and i want to be successful and i do what it takes to be successful and that is when i go home i study and do my work and go to class. >> kind of corny stuff. >> well, it works. >> reporter: everything seemed to work for benjamin wilson, but especially basketball. >> wilson two. >> reporter: born and rais